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The Worshipful Company of Musicians

We, the undersigned, commit to honour the Armed Forces Covenant and support the Armed Forces Community. We recognise the value Serving Personnel, both Regular and Reservists, Veterans and military families contribute to our business and our country.

From:
Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations (RFCA)
Published:
9 October 2026
Pledged:
Armed Forces Friendly, Armed Forces Charities, Additional Leave For Reservists and Bespoke Pledges
Region:
Greater London
Company size:
0-9 Micro
Industry:
Other
Ownership:
Private
Date signed:
16 April 2026

The Armed Forces Covenant

An enduring covenant between the people of the United Kingdom, His Majesty’s Government and all those who serve or have served in the Armed Forces of the Crown and their families

The first duty of Government is the defence of the realm. Our Armed Forces fulfil that responsibility on behalf of the Government, sacrificing some civilian freedoms, facing danger and, sometimes, suffering serious injury or death as a result of their duty. Families also play a vital role in supporting the operational effectiveness of our Armed Forces. In return, the whole nation has a moral obligation to the members of the Naval Service, the Army and the Royal Air Force, together with their families. They deserve our respect and support, and fair treatment.

Those who serve in the Armed Forces, whether Regular or Reserve, those who have served in the past, and their families, should face no disadvantage compared to other citizens in the provision of public and commercial services. Special consideration is appropriate in some cases, especially for those who have given most such as the injured and the bereaved.

This obligation involves the whole of society: it includes voluntary and charitable bodies, private organisations, and the actions of individuals in supporting the Armed Forces. Recognising those who have performed military duty unites the country and demonstrates the value of their contribution. This has no greater expression than in upholding this Covenant.

Section 1: Principles of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant

1.1 We The Worshipful Company of Musicians will endeavour in our business dealings to uphold the key principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, which are:

  • no member of the Armed Forces Community should face disadvantage in the provision of public and commercial services compared to any other citizen;
  • and in some circumstances that special treatment may be appropriate especially for the injured or bereaved.

Section 2: Demonstrating our commitment

2.1 The Worshipful Company of Musicians recognises the value serving personnel, reservists, veterans and military families bring to our business. We will seek to uphold the principles of the Armed Forces Covenant, by pledging to the following:

  • Armed Forces Friendly
  • Armed Forces Charities
  • Additional Leave For Reservists

We also pledge the following:

Employment support to members of the Armed Forces Community:

  • We commit to assist the Service Bands and Musicians with making them aware of opportunities of commercial music-making to give Service Musicians’ the opportunity to broaden their abilities and their resilience to enable them to consider professional music careers when they leave the Armed Services.

  • We will advertise our own office vacancies with service charities and employment agencies set up to help those who are changing career or retiring from active service.

  • We will support any reservists employed by the Company by providing appropriate paid leave for days when they are on deployment or required training and will give leave of absence from Court or Committee business for any members or officers of the Company who are members of the Armed Forces and may be deployed or called to training.

Communications, engagement and outreach:

  • We will publicise our links with affiliated service units, and talk about their work, on a special page on our website, in Preserve Harmony, our members magazine, and on social media.

  • We will give due consideration to any requests for funding for special projects in the affiliated regular, reserve and cadet units, up to a maximum limit set by the Court in each year’s budget.

  • We will engage with social media posts issued by our affiliated service units, reposting, commenting and reacting as most appropriate.

  • We will not publish names and photos of serving personnel without the express consent of the individuals and the CO or Officer Commanding respectively.

Civic responsibilities:

  • We will ensure that the Company’s Charitable fund actively seeks to support requests from military and associated charities.

  • We will encourage our members and those in our core and social media network to support the Poppy Appeal and Remembrance activities.

  • We will participate in, and provide a financial contribution to, events in the City, such as the Garden of Remembrance Service, each year. The Master, or their representative, will represent the Company in showing respect to the fallen and giving thanks for the annual service of all in the Armed Forces.

  • We will support Our affiliated units when invited to do so by attending any civic function at which their role and contribution to the community are being recognised eg local annual presentations, Freedom of a town or city; achievement of national or royal recognition and awards.

2.2 We will publicise these commitments through our literature and/or on our website, setting out how we will seek to honour them and inviting feedback from the Service community and our customers on how we are doing.

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